Fruits, veggies reduce psychological stress risk in women

If you are a woman and want to cut out on stress, add 5-7 servings of fruit and vegetables daily to your plate, a new study has showed. This habit may lead to a 23 per cent reduction in the risk of developing psychological stress. The findings showed that women who ate 3-4 daily serves of vegetables had an 18 per cent lower risk of stress, and those who ate two daily serves of fruit had a 16 per cent lower risk of stress. "We found that fruits and vegetables were more protective for women than men, suggesting that women may benefit more from fruit and vegetables," said lead author Binh Nguyen, doctoral student at University of Sydney in Australia. However, fruit consumption alone had no significant association with a lower incidence of stress and no significant association was found between higher levels of fruit and vegetable intake (greater than 7 daily serves) and a lower incidence of stress. "This study reveals that moderate daily vegetable intake alone is linked to a lower incidence of psychological stress. Moderate fruit intake alone appears to confer no significant benefit on people's psychological stress," said Melody Ding from the University of Sydney. Further, the study appearing in the British Medical Journal Open, also noted that for both men and women who ate 3-4 daily serves of vegetables had a 12 per cent lower risk of stress and those who ate 5-7 daily serves of fruit and vegetables had a 14 per cent lower risk of stress. For the study, the team included more than 60,000 Australians aged 45 years and above and measured participants fruit and vegetable consumption, lifestyle factors and psychological distress.

Eat nuts to cut mortality risk from prostate cancer

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Men suffering from prostate cancer may significantly reduce their risk of mortality by consuming nuts like almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pistachios and walnuts, new research suggests.

Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed and second most lethal cancer for men.

“Prostate cancer should be considered seriously as more men are prone to such diseases,” said lead researcher Ying Bao from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, US.

The findings showed that people who consume nuts five or more times in a week had a 34 per cent decreased risk of mortality due to prostate cancer in comparison to those who consumed nuts less than once per month.

“Just 1.5 ounces of nuts per day (about 1/3 cup) can have a positive impact on health,” added Maureen Ternus, Executive Director at the International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation-a US based non-profit organisation.

‘Insulin resistance’, a condition in which the cells of the body become resistant to the hormone insulin, is involved in prostate cancer risk and progression.

Tree nuts have also been associated with improved insulin sensitivity and reduced risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, thereby lowering the total mortality factor.

In addition, nuts contain important nutrients such as unsaturated fats, high quality protein, vitamins, minerals and phyto-chemicals, all of which offer cardio-protective, anti- carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, the researchers said.

For the study, published online in the British Journal of Cancer, the team evaluated 47,299 men, for an overall period of 26 years.

The participants were diagnosed with non-metastatic cancer. Only 10 per cent of them died from prostate cancer. Around one-third died from cardiovascular disease and other causes.

“These findings add to the growing body of evidence showing that nuts should be part of a healthy diet,” Ternus noted.

Eat fruits, veggies to lower breast cancer risk

Women who consume a higher quantity of apples, bananas as well as green vegetables during their teenage years can significantly reduce their risk of developing breast cancer in adulthood, suggests a new study.

Fruits and vegetables are important sources of fibre, vitamins, and other biologically active substances that can favourably affect the pathogenesis of breast cancer through several biological mechanisms.

The findings, published in the journal BMJ, showed that high fruit consumption during adolescence was associated with a roughly 25 percent lower risk of breast cancer diagnosed in middle age.

Also, greater consumption of apple, banana and grapes during adolescence, as well as oranges and kale during early adulthood was significantly associated with a reduced breast cancer risk.

These foods “have well known beneficial effects on health, and efforts should continue to increase intake of both fruit and vegetables at all ages,” said Maryam Farvid, scientist at Harvard University.

However, there was no link between intake of fruit juice in either adolescence or early adulthood and risk of the breast cancer.
The team followed 90,000 nurses for over 20 years who reported their diet in early adulthood, of whom half also recalled their usual diet during adolescence.
The analyses included consideration of tumour hormone receptor and menopausal status at diagnosis and the relation of specific fruits and vegetables to risk.

Cherry juice may help reduce high BP

Drinking cherry juice can significantly reduce high blood pressure, particularly in males with early hypertension, to a level comparable to that achieved by medication, new research has found.

High blood pressure if left untreated, increases risk of heart attack, heart failure, kidney disease, stroke or dementia.

The findings showed that men who drank tart Montmorency cherry juice-a variety of sour cherry-saw a peak reduction in their blood pressure of seven millimetre of mercury (mmHg) in the three hours after consuming the drink.

This reduction is comparable to the level achieved by anti-hypertensive drugs, the researchers said.

When phenolic acids, protocatechuic and vanillic-compounds present within the cherry concentrate-reached their peak levels in the plasma, systolic blood pressure showed greatest improvement.

“The magnitude of the blood pressure lowering effects we observed was comparable to those achieved by a single anti-hypertensive drug and highlights the potential importance that Montmorency cherries could have in the effective management of high blood pressure,” said lead author Karen Keane, lecturer at Northumbria University in Britain.

Raised blood pressure is the leading cause of deaths from heart diseases, yet relatively small reductions in blood pressure can have a large impact on mortality rates, Keane added in the paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The team worked with fifteen participants who were displaying early hypertension with blood pressure readings of at least 130/90 mmHg, meaning they were at higher risk of experiencing heart related problems.

They were given either 60ml of a Montmorency cherry concentrate or the same amount of a commercially available fruit-flavoured cordial.

Blood pressure and blood samples were taken before the cherry concentrate was consumed and blood pressure was measured on an hourly basis thereafter.

Grapes help you to lower obesity risk

Consuming grapes combined with a diet rich in saturated fats can lower obesity risk as well as improve gut bacteria, a new study has found.
According to researchers, it may also help counter the negative effects of a high fat diet, including heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.

The findings showed that the unique and diverse composition of antioxidants called polyphenols present in grapes can help reduce the percentage of body fat, subcutaneous and visceral fat deposits, markers of inflammation in the liver and improve glucose tolerance.
Further, it also increased microbial diversity and decreased abundance of several deleterious bacteria in the intestinal tract.

The research, published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, is based on two laboratory studies.
In the first study, intake of a diet high in fat content (33 percent of energy from fat) and enriched with 3 percent grapes for 11 weeks, showed a lower percentage of overall body fat and reduced subcutaneous fat deposits.

In the second study, which ran for 16 weeks, the researchers used an even higher fat diet (44 percent of energy from fat) with multiple types of saturated fat, including lard, beef tallow, shortening, and butter similar to some Western-type diets.

“These two studies suggest that grapes and grape polyphenols may help offset a number of the adverse effects of consuming a high fat diet and trigger improvements in intestinal or systemic health,” said lead researcher Michael McIntosh from the University of North Carolina in the US.

The researchers investigated the impact of the high fat diet enriched with extracts of either the polyphenol fraction of grapes or the non-polyphenol portion of grapes, as well as the high fat diet plus five percent whole grapes.
All the high fat experimental diets were matched for sugar type and amount.

Litchi Benefits

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Lychee is good for digestion. Licute enough fiber and plenty of water, which works great for your digestion. Bowel problems is the heat released from the comfort of the stomach.

Helps to reduce weight
Licute a lot of water, as well as the fiber is low in fat. Litchi eat less calories in the body are connected. As a result, helps to reduce weight and litchi.

Cancer-resistant
There are plenty of phalatite antioxidant and cancer-resistant material. Litchi could play an effective role to prevent breast cancer.

Reduces the risk of heart disease
Hrdyantra Lychee can be eaten on a regular basis to keep healthy. Licute ayantiaksidyanta that, it reduces the risk of heart disease is well hrdyantra.

Keeps eye
Eye protection areas can eat. Licute special phaitokemikyala, so ayantiaksidyanta and eye protection is required elements. Cataract may be released from the problem areas.

Melons nutrition times

Tamatara traditional melons

Healthy fruit melons. There th-th fragrance of ripe melons. Many times melons. Melons, vegetables can be eaten raw as well as cooked. Bangite protein, fatty acids and mineral salt there. Mutrasbalpata melons can remove, or loss of appetite.
Another name Cantaloupe melons, melon, cantaloupe or Bani. Melons are grown in almost all areas of the country during the summer. Sasagotriya more common since the watermelon fruit. Roy Mrityunjoy his "strange fruit of the book mentions, the idea was born in Iran or Afghanistan melons. The fruit is cultivated in the United States and Australia.
Sasagachera bangigacha a bit like creeping. Raw fruits greenish color. Melons, vegetables can be eaten raw as well as cooked. The fruit is yellow when ripe. There are luscious ripe fruit aroma. This distinct taste. Weight may vary from one to four kg of fruit.
There are mainly two varieties of melons in the sandy and clay-melons. Sandy melons soft shells. Peel is very thin, shells, sand takes to eat sand. Not too sweet. On the other hand, clay melons kacakace shells, a little stiff and relatively sweet.
"The fruit of the book mentioned Amir Alam Khan, per 100 calories, 5 grams melons are available from the nutrient. There are herbal quality melons.